of the Leeds with Wendy Thompson (1990). Her autobiography, My Life in Music, was published in 2015. She was Director of the Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Piano Performance at Leeds College of Music until 2006, and a patron of The Purcell School for Young Musicians. She served as honorary vice-president of the British Society of Women Musicians and honorary president of the Harrogate International Festivals from 2009. Personal life and death In 1944, she married Geoffrey de Keyser, a doctor, and in 1950, with the arrival of her first child, gave up her concert career and concentrated on teaching. They had two sons; Paul de Keyser became a musician and music author. Geoffrey de Keyser died in 2001. She was a guest for BBC Radio Four's Desert Island Discs in July 2010. Although then aged 90, she was still teaching masterclasses and continued to be involved with every detail of the Leeds competition. "They call me Field Marshal Fanny" she said, "I am a busy breeches." She donated her papers and memorabilia to the library of the University of Leeds in November 2017. Waterman turned 100 on 22 March 2020. She died at a care home in Ilkley on 20 December 2020. Honours and awards Waterman was appointed OBE in 1971, CBE in 2001 and DBE in the 2005 New Year Honours. She was also awarded the degree of Doctor of Music (DMus) honoris causa by the University of Leeds in 1992, and also received honorary degrees from Leeds Metropolitan University and the University of York. Her contribution to the city of Leeds was further recognised in April 2006, when she was given the Freedom of the City. References Further reading Cummings, David M.; McIntire, Dennis K. (Ed.). International Who's Who in Music and Musician's Directory. In the Classical and Light Classical Fields, 12th edition 1990/91, International Who's Who in Music 1991. External links Faber Music Leeds Piano Competition: timeline with photographs 1920 births 2020 deaths English classical pianists English women pianists Jewish classical musicians 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century English women musicians Musicians from Leeds British music educators Women music educators Piano pedagogues People educated at Allerton High School Alumni of the Royal College of Music Academics of Leeds College of Music English Jews Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Musicians awarded knighthoods English centenarians Women centenarians English people of Russian-Jewish descent 21st-century women pianists